I think that big sway in votes is a testament to Pearly's skill and humour and the win is most certainly earned. Both shots were corkers but that first one was pretty much unbeatable, and I had a really hard time thinking up a return. I think I did a decent job, since my aim was to be funny with good measure of amusing text and imagery and a fair whack of smart referencing, but honestly that Andy Millman/Eraserhead gag is just superb. I could smell defeat right there and then.
My first idea for a return was to make a dystopian scene where Gervais controls the media and there's no escaping his work and influence. Tabloids reviewing a new film as "Gervaisian", that sort of thing. I took a POV photo of myself in the bath and was going to depict myself holding a razor to my wrist like Ricky does in After Life, unable to cope with the world any more, potentially with a robot grief dog at the side of the bath saying "wat r u doing, i require nourishment" or something. The problem was that it was too heavy-handed and I just couldn't think of a way to make it funny, which was essential, so I scrapped it.
Here's the photo I was going to use:
ANYWAY! Pearly, you really deserved this victory, so congratulations to you. :)
